Bag-handle.



A. LOWY.

BAG HANDLE.

APPucAnoN flLEo ocr.12, 1915.

1,171,528. rantea 161111918.

W fwgzfma :'NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ADOLPH LOW'Y, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BAG-HANDLE.

LiL-71,528.

will enahle any |'erson skilled` in the art to which it pertains to makeand use thesame.

My' inrentiou reiates to an improred handie=tor hag's, :suit cases andthe like and is partieuiartv adapted for use inv eonniaztiou with thehat: handles ('ons'trueted of the less ilurahle materials ordinarilyemployed in ;the manufaeture pret'el'ahhf of eheap-qrade goods. 'in themauufzu'ture of thisel 'hags it has heen fouudvthat the-, handie. is thelirst part to hreak away and indeed the life of thehag' is marked hrythe'iifevof the handle; w w v .\.i v inrention seeka toreinforeethehandle without` hou'erer: giring' that part any form or a ppea raneeother than that eustomary and usuai in thestandard half.: Structure. i

Specifiction ot Letters l'atent.

Application filed October 12, 1915.

'l`o this end my inrention consists in the ;'1e-- eiai features ofeontruetion which 'will'hef fully set forth het'einafter` andp-.u'ticuiarly pointed out in the eiaiiu.

'i`he aeeompanying dra\\'ing is a seetlonai elevatiou of the invention.

n represeuts the part of the hag, shit-case or other artieie, to whi-'hthe handle is :ittaehed. hein;r usuallv the top of the suit-ease. 'i`hehaiidle 7) is :ustru.:tei of the usuai or any iiesired u'iateriais' hut;Ieneraliy a|ui preferahly of the laminated main part- 7/' and theieather eorered paddiug the, main l'atented Feb. ,1 5. 1 916.

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According to my inrention I einpioy a 'wire ligament c which is runthrough the handie from end to end on top of the laminated section b"and under the padding bi. This iigament e is concealed in the handle andeorered and protected by the padding thereof and its ends projected outfrom under the keepers (1 and are formed into eyes'a' Ywhich pass aroundthe shanics of the rivetsjd ,find are eovered and eoneealed by theheadsll of said rivets.

From the aforegoing it will he seen that hy means of my inrention thehandie proper is heariiy and completely reinforeed by the raetiealiunhreakahie Steel or other ligament c, 'hieh. iigament i eoucealed inthe handle and the-cudal of which are. anehored seeureiy to the hody ofthe bag through the middle, by the. same rirets n'hieh far-;ten thehandie laminations (1 in place.- This allows the handie to heeonstrueied of cheap nia'- teriais`V partieuiarl)r the materialsforniing the iaminationsl b' and yet endou's the handle'with aii of the`s'trength or even ;greater strength than that ('.haraeteristiiz' of thehandies formed hy, the. highest'gradc grain leather. v

Iiaviug thus ('ieserihed my inrention, what l (-iailu as neu' auddesire.to Secure by Letters Patent of the iinited States is:

hagr having a handie` a metaliie liganient running through and eoneealedin the halnile` a keeper fastened to the. hag through which thehandieaiui iigalnent pass and aI riret, passing through the end of thehandle and into the hagr around which rivet and under the head thereof,the. end of said inetallie ligament is turned and by which ,it isauehored in piaee. w

iu estimouy whereof I hai'e hereunto signed myvname iu the presenee oftwo`witnesses,

A DOLPH L0 WY.

' itnessesz I'A'rmeit A. Boumu, END/t TANNnn.

